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From YouTube: November 9, 2022 Public Health & Safety Committee
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A
B
A
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
also
I
want
to
thank
council
member
Goodman
for
joining
us
today.
Welcome
and
thank
you
with
that.
The
agenda
for
today's
meeting
is
before
us.
Our
first
item
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
passage
of
an
ordinance
relating
to
security
of
reproductive
Health.
Care
Facilities,
here
to
present
on
this
item,
is
Andra
bosnick
Andra.
Thank
you
and
welcome.
D
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
chair
Vita
and
council
members,
I'm
Andra,
bosniak
I
am
the
policy
data
and
Communications
manager
for
regulatory
services
and
I'm
here
today
to
present
on
the
security
of
reproductive
health
facility
or
ordinance
and
I'm
also
joined
by
several
staff
members
from
other
departments
as
well.
In
the
wake
of
the
Supreme
Court's
decision
in
Dobbs
V
Jackson
Women's
Health
Organization,
which
overruled
Roe
v
Wade
Planned
Parenthood
clinics
throughout
the
Twin
Cities
metro
have
experienced
a
rise
in
sometimes
violent
protests.
D
This
ordinance
addresses
these
issues
by
offering
protections
to
reproductive
Health,
Care
Facilities
in
their
parking
structures
for
their
clients,
protesters
and
the
public
or
bystanders,
as
shown
in
the
attached
racial
Equity
impact
analysis
through
data
provided
by
Planned
Parenthood.
We
know
that
this
ordinance
also
addresses
racial
Equity
individuals
who
access
all
types
of
Planned.
Parenthood
services
are
disproportionately
bypoc
and
latinx
when
compared
to
the
population
of
Minneapolis,
and
even
more
so
when
compared
to
the
population
of
the
Twin,
Cities,
metro
and
neighboring
states.
D
This
ordinance
allows
for
safe
and
unrestricted
movement
into
reproductive
Health,
Care
Facilities
parking
structures
for
all
constituents
and
ensures
the
safety
of
our
bipoc
and
latinx
populations
wherever
they
happen
to
receive
Health
Care
Services
in
the
RCA
before
you,
the
city
attorney's
office,
has
also
provided
a
rationale
as
to
the
city's
ability
to
create
this
ordinance,
stating
that
these
types
of
ordinances
have
been
considered
content,
neutral
restrictions
by
courts.
So,
in
order
to
meet
this
criteria,
the
ordinance
has
been
drafted
to
be
narrowly
tailored
and
leaves
open
many
alternative
channels
for
communications.
D
The
ordinance
itself
has
three
main
Provisions.
The
first
two
prohibit
disrupting
access
to
a
facility
in
the
occupation
of
a
driveway
exceptions
are
made
for
someone
crossing
a
driveway
without
stopping
or
slowing
down
utilizing
the
driveway
to
move
between
the
facility
and
the
street
or
government
or
facility
employees
going
about
their
scope
of
duties.
Lastly,
the
ordinance
allows
Healthcare
facilities
to
install
markings
indicating
the
boundaries
of
a
driveway
under
an
encroachment
permit
from
the
city.
Facilities
can
also
post
signs
indicating
that
occupying
the
market,
the
driveway
is
prohibited
during
business
hours.
D
A
All
right
looks
good
well.
Thank
you.
I'm,
going
to
proceed
to
the
public
hearing.
I
will
go
through
the
list
of
speakers
I'm
going
to
try
my
best
to
pronounce
names
correctly
and
I
was
told
by
the
clerk
that
it's
numbered
in
the
order
that
folks
want
to
speak.
So
I'll
try
my
best
to
do
that.
Also,
if
you
did
not
sign
up
to
speak
and
you
wish
to,
please
see
the
clerk
and
do
so
I'll.
Ask
that
you
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
keep
your
comments
to
two
minutes.
A
E
E
It's
a
lot
of
impeding
traffic
that
goes
on
in
front
of
our
gates
when
they
enter
and
leave
I've
also
seen
protesters
follow
patients
and
guests
and
employees
to
the
next
traffic,
stop
our
traffic
light
and
stop
them
and
asked
them
where
they
were
headed,
where
they
were
going.
A
lot
of
our
patients
come
in
every
day,
already
agitated
frustrated
in
the
anger
wondering
if
someone
copied
their
plates,
why
do
they
have
to
be
stopped
for
just
a
simple
checkup?
E
E
F
A
F
My
name
is
Barbara
Sutton
and
I'm,
a
security
or
an
escort
volunteer
security
escort
at
the
Planned
Parenthood
clinics
and
on
August
1st
I
was
assaulted
by
a
protester
and
then
filed
assault
charges.
Two
weeks
ago
in
Hennepin
County
court
she
pled
guilty
to
misdemeanor
assault
and
the
judge
said
conditions.
She
cannot
be
near
me
for
a
year.
She
cannot
go
near
the
two
Planned
Parenthood
clinics
that
do
abortions
in
Hennepin
County.
He
did
not
have
control
over
Ramsey
County.
She
paid
court
costs
and
in
essence,
has
these
conditions.
F
For
a
year
when
I
said
to
the
judge
was
that
it's
becoming
more
vitriolic
and
it's
becoming
more
and
more
difficult
and
I
thought
that
there
needed
to
be
a
bottom
line
where
this
Behavior
was
just
not
acceptable,
and
thankfully
the
Hennepin
County
Judge
agreed
and
again
now
she
has
a
misdemeanor
assault
on
her
record.
So
thank
you.
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
Carol
Kaiser
and
like
Barbara
I'm,
a
security
escort
at
Planned,
Parenthood
and
I've
been
doing
that
volunteer
work
for
approximately
two
years
and
since
the
Dobbs
decision
came
out,
the
protesters
who
are
protesting
in
front
of
our
clinics
have
gotten
more
and
more
aggressive
with
both
the
patients
and
the
escorts
and
what's
important
to
keep
in
mind
here
is
that
Planned
Parenthood
offers
a
variety
of
services,
not
just
abortions.
They
provide
Reproductive
Services
to
all
members
in
our
community,
so
you
have
folks
who
are
coming
into
the
clinic.
G
They
come
on
foot
and
they
come
by
car
and
we
have
a
parking
lot.
We
also
have
a
front
door
and
whether
they're
coming
on
foot
or
by
car,
they
are
accosted
by
the
protesters
and
the
interactions
with
these
protesters
leave
our
patients
feeling
scared.
They
are
trembling.
They
need
the
escorts
to
help
them
get
in
the
building,
but
at
the
same
time
the
protesters
are
accosting.
Us
I
had
many
of
the
the
women
who
come
to
the
clinic
come
by
themselves.
G
They
come
without
their
mothers,
they
come
without
their
partners
and
some
of
them
are
young
and
they're
scared.
I
had
one
little
girl
ask
me,
she
didn't
know
she
could
park
in
the
parking
lot
and
she
asked
me
if
I
would
walk
her
to
her
car
and
the
entire
time
that
we
walked
to
her
car.
The
protesters
were
shouting
at
her
and
they
were
trailing
behind
us
and
she
told
me
that
she
had
come
there
just
for
some
STD
testing.
That
was
the
only
reason
that
she
was
there
before
she
got
in
her
car.
G
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
name
is
Tom
Hoke
and
I
live
at
2100.
James
Avenue
South
in
Minneapolis
I
have
been
a
board
member
at
Planned
Parenthood
for
nearly
a
decade.
I've
served
both
on
the
C3
side,
which
is
the
Clinical
Services
side
of
the
C4
side,
which
is
the
advocacy
side
of
the
organization.
H
H
I
think
you've
already
heard
and
I'm
not
not
a
surprise
to
any
of
you
that
in
this
new
era
that
we're
in
people
feel
licensed
to
verbally
and
even
physically
assault,
harass
and
intimidate
anybody
coming
to
our
clinics
for
health
care
services,
and
this
ordinance
will
help
us
ensure
that
they
have
safe
passage.
So
we
appreciate
your
consideration.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
Hello
and
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
testify
in
favor
of
ordinance
405.30
introduced
by
council
member
Lisa
Goodman.
My
name
is
Chrissy
Anderson
and
I
serve
as
the
senior
director
of
operations
for
Planned
Parenthood,
north
central
states.
We
operate
one
Health
Care
Center
in
Minneapolis
and
16
Health,
Care,
Centers
and
Clinics,
serving
over
66
000
patients
annually
in
the
state.
I
We
offer
comprehensive
sexual
and
reproductive
health
care
services,
including
contraception,
STI
testing
and
treatment.
Cancer
screenings,
gender,
affirming
care
and
abortion.
Reproductive
Health,
Care,
Providers
patients
and
facilities
are
frequently
the
targets
of
violence
and
harassment,
ranging
from
vandalism
to
threats
of
to
threats
to
deadly
attacks.
Unfortunately,
our
health
center
in
Minneapolis
is
no
exception.
I
The
National
Abortion
Federation,
commonly
known
as
Naf,
has
been
compiling
statistics
on
incidents
of
violence
and
disruption
against
abortion
providers
for
over
40
years,
and
its
annual
statistics
reflect
a
consistent
escalation
in
the
number
of
reported
Clinic
invasions,
obstructions
blockades
and
targeted
hate
mail
and
harassing
phone
calls.
According
to
Naf,
the
number
of
Clinic
blockades,
more
than
doubled
in
recent
years,
and
incidents
of
picketing
at
facilities
have
been
growing
exponentially
for
years.
From
just
over
5400
reported
incidents
in
2014
to
almost
a
hundred
thousand
incidents
in
2018
and
above
123.
I
000
incidents
in
2019.
recent
years
have
also
seen
more
incidents
of
violence
with
devastating
effects.
In
November
of
2015,
three
people
were
murdered
and
nine
injured
when
Robert
dear
Brut,
an
assault
style
rifle
to
a
Planned
Parenthood
Health
Center
in
Colorado
Springs,
an
open
fire.
A
gunman
also
attacked
a
Planned
Parenthood
clinic
in
Knoxville
Tennessee.
In
the
early
hours
of
January
22nd
2021
and
in
December
of
2021,
the
same
Clinic
was
burned,
To
The
Ground
by
arsonists.
I
Well,
we
have,
thankfully,
not
yet
experienced
arson
or
gun
violence
at
our
health
centers
in
Minneapolis.
We
do
recognize
the
need
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
patients
and
staff
going
of
our
staff,
so
that
Health
Care
continues
to
be
fully
accessible.
Despite
any
protester
activity,
we
have
already
taken
steps
to
try
to
protect
the
safety
of
people
inside
and
outside
of
our
health
center,
including
employing
volunteer
escorts,
who
stand
outside
of
the
health
center
and
assist
patients
as
they
enter.
I
We
have
employed
as
many
preventative
strategies
as
possible
to
address
this
with
our
internal
resources.
We
even
recruit
and
schedule
volunteers
to
guide
incoming
traffic
and
escort
patients
and
their
companions
to
and
from
our
Clinic
entrances,
and
what
we
may
desire
to
Shield
our
patients
and
providers
from
any
forms
of
harassment,
intimidation
that
they
experience
outside
of
our
health
centers.
We
understand
the
limitations
imposed
by
the
U.S
Supreme
Court
on
local
and
state
laws
that
could,
in
effect
restrict
First
Amendment
rights,
considering
both
the
importance
and
safety
and
constitutionality
protected
rights.
I
We
are
there
for
supporting
this
narrow
ordinance
that
addresses
specific
problems
we
have
experienced
recently
in
the
past
two
years.
In
two
months,
it
has
been
become
common
for
protesters
to
stand
in
the
driveway
of
our
Minneapolis
Health
Center,
blocking
off
access
for
incoming
patients
and
staff
and
impeding
cars
trying
to
exit
our
parking
lot.
These
protesters
often
wait
for
the
car
drivers
attempting
to
enter
the
parking
lot
and
entice
them
to
roll
down
their
windows.
Then
they
throw
items
into
their
vehicle.
I
One
patient
recently
called
her
Clinic
to
notify
us
that
a
protester
chased
her
car
out
of
the
parking
lot
as
they
were,
leaving
after
an
appointment.
This
sort
of
behavior
is
dangerous
for
all
involved.
Any
individual
standing
in
a
driveway
creates
a
number
of
problems,
including
traffic
concerns,
distracting
drivers
and
increasing
the
risk
of
cars
hitting
pedestrians
or
one
another.
This
ordinance
would
prohibit
people
from
knowingly
entering
onto
or
creating
an
obstruction
within
the
driveway.
I
During
a
reproductive
health
care
facility's
business
hours
protesters
would
still
be
able
to
stand
on
the
sidewalks
and
disseminate
written
information
without
violating
the
law.
Given
that
protesters
present
an
increasing
risk
for
patient
staff
in
themselves,
we
need
this
ordinance
to
protect
the
safety
of
those
entering
the
clinic
and
others
in
the
vicinity.
We
fully
agree
with
the
American
Medical
Association
and
their
opposition
to
violence
and
all
acts
of
intimidation
directed
against
Physicians
and
other
health
care
providers
and
their
families
and
violence
directed
against
medical
facilities,
including
abortion,
clinics
and
Family
Planning
centers.
I
A
Thank
you,
Ann
Rojas
is
our
next
speaker.
Thank
you,
Alan
wise
Bond,
or
thank
you.
If
there's
anyone
else
wishing
to
speak,
please
check
in
with
the
clerk.
Otherwise
that
is
all
of
our
speakers.
Thank
you
all
see.
No
one
else
wishing
to
speak
on
this
item.
I'll
now
close
the
public
hearing.
Are
there
any
questions
from
committee
members,
councilmember
wansley
thank.
J
You
chair,
Vita
I,
just
want
to
thank
all
of
our
testifiers
for
coming
today
and
for
amplifying
just
the
amazing
resource
that
our
Planned
Parenthood
Clinic
serve
for
affirming
bodily
autonomy
in
our
our
city,
as
well
as
just
the
whole
host
of
just
Public
Health
needs
that
our
residents
experience
I'll
share.
You
know
personally
and
I
talked
a
couple
of
times
about
this.
Around
Christmas
Eve
last
year,
I
discovered
that
I
was
pregnant
and,
after
really
questioning
the
validity
of
those
little
piece
sticks,
I
was
like
no.
J
It
went
in
and
immediately
just
felt
so
supported
about
the
pregnancy
but
I
remember
coming
into
the
driveway
and
having
protesters
be
there
and
asked
me
questions
as
I
was
coming
into
the
doors
about
what
I'm
there
for
and
already
facing
so
much
anxiety
about,
like
wow
I'm
about
to
be
a
mom.
What
is
this
and
then
having
to
deal
with
that?
And
it's
just
like?
No,
we
should
not
be
creating
spaces
for
people
who
are
seeking
out
Health
Care,
because
this
is
what
this
is
to
feel
intimidated
in
that
process.
J
So
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
to
councilmember
Goodman
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
want
to
say
also.
This
is
just
another
example
of
how
Council
can
use
every
tool
in
our
chess
kit
or
chest
toolbox
to
make
sure
that
we
are
supporting
bodily
autonomy
in
the
city.
I
felt
proud
to
work
with
our
colleagues
to
pass
a
resolution
earlier
this
spring
to
say
we
will
stand
for
abortion
access
in
Minneapolis
and
to
work
with
councilmember
Chuck
Tai
to
also
initiate
abortion
access
fund
and
I'm.
J
Just
grateful
that
we're
still
like
doubling
down
or
protecting
this
right
here
in
the
city
and
would
love
to
if
councilmember
Goodman
would
take
it
as
a
friendly
amendment
to
join
you
as
a
co-author
on
this,
because
this
is
just
again
such
a
necessary
like
next
step,
as
we
continue
to
support
this
right
for
all
of
our
residents
and
to
protect
the
health
care
providers
that
meet
this
need
for
our
residents.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I.
I,
too,
want
to
thank
those
who
came
down
and
testify
today
or
even
to
sit
there
and
support
this
city
has
no
room
for
intimidation
and
by
you
showing
up
and
showing
your
courage.
It
means
a
lot
to
me.
It's
very
easy
to
vote
Yes
for
this
because
of
your
support
and
your
passion.
So
thank
you
for
coming
down
today.
L
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'll.
Be
brief.
If
councilmember
Goodman
wants
to
speak,
I
I
think
that
it's
really
important
that
people
who
seek
carrot
facilities
for
whatever
care
that
is
at
Planned
Parenthood,
are
felt,
supported
and
I
appreciate,
council,
member
wanzi's
personal
story
about
that.
You
know
Access
to
Health.
M
I
I
also
want
to
thank
everybody
who
came
in
support
of
this
today.
It
is
just
as
much
as
it
is
important
to
support
people's
Access
to
Health,
Care
employees
and
volunteers
of
Planned.
Parenthood
deserve
to
not
be
harassed
to
deserve
to
not
have
to
work
or
volunteer
under
those
kinds
of
circumstances.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
this
forward
and
thank
you
for
all
of
you
who
have
testified
today
about
what
you
do
and
why
thanks
thank.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair
harassment,
intimidation,
stalking
threats
following
people,
you'd
think
they
were
talking
about
how
political
people
treat
us,
but
even
worse,
they're,
talking
about
how
political
people
treat
the
general
public
women
who
are
trying
to
exercise
their
first
amendment
and
rights
in
order
to
access
health
care.
It's
almost
unbelievable
to
me
as
someone
who's
been
working
in
the
movement
like
many
in
the
room
for
a
very
long
period
of
time.
Most
of
you
know:
I
was
the
executive
director
of
Minnesota
naral.
N
When
the
Casey
decision
came
down,
I
didn't
think
it
could
get
any
worse
than
that,
but,
as
we've
seen
most
of
us
never
believed
that
Roe
would
be
overturned.
It
was
almost
a
shock,
I
think
to
many
people
to
think
that
this
right
that
we
and
our
daughters
and
our
daughters,
daughters,
felt
that
we
had
was
something
that
we
simply
didn't
and
now
we're
in
a
situation
where
yesterday
was
a
pretty
good
day,
it
was
actually
a
really
good
day
in
Minnesota.
N
N
There
is
no
right
if
you
can't
feel
safe
when
you
go
to
a
reproductive
Health,
Care
Clinic,
there
is
no
right
if
you
can't
work
in
an
environment
where
you
are
supported
by
the
general
community
and
that's
why
this
seemingly
small
but
extremely
important
change
is
so
important
to
the
clinic
escorts
volunteers,
staff,
patients
and
the
people
that
they
so
graciously
serve
every
day.
So
it
seems
like
a
little
thing,
but
it's
actually
a
really
big
thing:
to
win
an
election,
but
not
be
able
to
access
the
right
to
Safe
legal
abortion.
N
So,
let's
just
call
it
what
it
is
we
like
to
say,
and
councilman,
ronzi
and
I
have
deep
agreement
about
this,
that
it's
not
just
about
reproductive
access.
It's
about
the
right
to
choose
to
have
an
abortion
to
end
a
pregnancy.
If
that
is
your
decision
with
the
decision
you
share
with
your
doctor
or
health
care
provider,
and
we
should
not
be
afraid
of
that
word
because
for
women,
that
is
basic
health
care
in
many
cases,
I
want
to
just
take
an
opportunity
to
thank
the
city
attorney's
office.
N
N
We
don't
want
that
either,
but
we
also
don't
want
patients
being
chased
down
the
street
and
harassed
with
things
thrown
into
their
cars,
which
could
escalate
clearly
into
something
much
larger
than
that
kind
of
activity
and
I
also
really
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Zach
Schultz
in
my
office,
who
led
this
effort
through
the
staff
process
which,
for
someone
who's
new
to
the
city.
That
is
a
big
deal
which
proves
to
you
that
men
and
women
can
care
about
this
work
as
deeply
as
anyone.
You
don't
need
to
only
be
a
woman.
N
You
could
be
actually
one
of
non-binary
and
think
this
is
critically
important
as
well
and
I've
learned
that
over
time
and
I'm
really
appreciative
of
it
so
I
know
this
will
pass
today.
I'm
glad
that
there's
a
lot
of
unanimity
around
it,
but
I
want
us
all
to
keep
in
mind
that
changing
the
law
is
not
always
a
means
to
an
end
in
in
making
sure
that
we
have
a
way
ultimately
to
enforce
the
law
and
make
it
safe
for
people
to
access
reproductive
Health
Care
is
what's
truly
important.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
Goodman
and
then
finally,
I'll
just
say
thank
you
to
everyone
who
showed
up
today
in
support,
and
also
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
councilmember
Goodman
and
her
team
and
our
staff
here
at
the
city
for
doing
such
a
great
job.
You
know
you
said
this
is
a
really
big
deal.
It
is
a
really
big
deal.
I
can
remember
back
in
the
day
in
the
90s
me
and
a
bunch
of
loudmouth
women
used
to
go
to
Planned
parenthoods
and
like
use
our
bodies
to
protect
the
women
to
go
into
the
clinic.
A
That
was
before
you
know
that
that
was
like
a
school
project
for
some
of
us
and,
and
that
was
before
security
guards
and
like
the
threats
and
stuff
got
really
big,
and
we
can
see
now
from
the
testimony
here
today
that
it's
bigger
it's
different
than
what
it
was
in
the
90s
when
me
and
my
loudmouth
friends
were
just
out
yelling
at
people
to
get
away
and
leave
people
alone.
So
I'm
happy
that
we
as
a
city
are
moving
along
with
what's
happening.
A
We
need
to
make
sure
that
folks
are
safe
when
they're
going
for
Reproductive
health
care,
and
this
is
just
a
small
thing-
we
can
do
as
a
city
council
to
protect
folks
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
all
so
much
again
today
for
coming
to
speak
in
support
of
this
and
thank
you,
councilmember
Goodman,
for
the
great
work
you've
done
on
this
and
seeing
no
further
questions.
A
A
Next,
we
have
the
consent
agenda
before
us.
There
are
six
items
on
today's
consent
agenda
item
two
is
authorizing
an
increase
to
the
contract
with
the
Minnesota
Timberwolves
for
bomb
detection
security
services
at
Target
Center
during
large
events.
Item
three
is
authorizing
a
contract
with
Minnesota
Twins
for
bomb
detection
security
services
at
Target
Field
during
large
events.
A
Item
four
is
accepting
a
reimbursement
from
the
Minnesota
Board
of
firefighter
training
and
education
for
firefighter
training
item
five
is
approving
appointments
to
the
public
health
advisory
committee
and
item
six
is
set
in
a
public
hearing
for
November
30th
to
consider
an
ordinance
relating
to
the
police
conduct
oversight,
commission
providing
for
the
consolidation
of
oversight
functions
through
a
unified
Community
commission
item.
Seven
is
set
in
a
public
hearing
for
November
30th
to
consider
appointments
to
the
Civil
Rights
Commission
for
three-year
terms.
A
Seeing
none
I
will
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
that
carries
in
the
consent
agenda
is
approved.
The
next
item
is
the
discussion
item.
We
have
commissioner
Gretchen
musakant,
child
friendly
cities,
initiative,
executive
committee
members
and,
of
course,
our
from
our
former
Health
commissioner.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us.
Thank.
O
O
All
right,
well,
I,
can
get
talking
because
my
slides
are
self-explanatory.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
introduction,
as
commissioner
I
don't
deserve,
that
anymore.
I'm,
a
former
commissioner,
but
I
did
want
to
explain
why
I'm
here
talking
about
this,
when
I
was
Commissioner
of
Health,
the
city
began
to
explore
the
idea
of
becoming
a
child-friendly
city
as
part
of
unicef's
Unicef
USA's
new
program
to
have
such
a
program
here
in
the
United,
States
and
so
I'm
here.
O
O
O
O
So
you
can
see
on
the
slide
especially
number
two,
the
convention
on
the
rights
of
the
child
Works,
to
ensure
that
children
and
families
have
certain
rights
and
protections
being
free
from
discrimination.
The
government
policy
should
be
based
on
the
best
interest
of
children.
So
that's
something
we
have
to
intentionally
kind
of
put
in
our
minds
when
we're
doing
policies
that
children
should
survive
and
develop
to
their
full
potential,
and
the
children's
views
and
perspectives
are
important.
O
So
the
goal
areas
for
the
child-friendly
city
initiative
really
boil
down
the
54
articles
in
the
convention
on
the
rights
of
the
child
and
provide
a
framework
for
becoming
a
child-friendly
city
and
those
include
safety
and
inclusion.
Children's
participation,
Equitable
Social,
Services,
safe
living
environments
and
play
and
Leisure,
which
we
know
are
essential
for
children
and
adults
as
well.
O
O
In
2019,
I
was
invited
with
a
couple
other
people
from
Minneapolis
to
attend
a
meeting
in
Jacksonville
Florida
to
explore
the
idea
of
starting
to
have
a
child-friendly
city
initiative
in
the
United
States,
as
I
listened
to
what
what
it
meant
I
I.
It
was
something
I
had
not
heard
of,
because
it's
not
something.
That's
you
know
widespread
in
the
United
States,
but
as
I
listened
I
thought
about
all
the
foundational
elements
that
are
here
in
Minneapolis,
our
our
youth,
Coordinating
Board.
That
goes
back
decades.
O
And
so
since
then,
we
have
been
working
towards
becoming
this
new
and
new
kind
of
entity
in
the
United
States,
and
we
have
formed
three
subcommittees:
one
looking
at
child
rights,
education,
because
rights
for
children
really
is
not
something
people
universally
understand
and
can
talk
about,
and
so
that
is
an
important
component.
Secondly,
a
second
committee
has
been
looking
at
Emergency,
Management
and
planning.
We
know
that
so
many
of
the
emergencies
that
we
have
experienced
here
in
Minneapolis
have
deeply
involved
Children
and
Families
from
the
bridge
falling
down
and
the
School
Bus
full
of
children.
O
The
Drake,
Hotel
fire,
you
just
you
name
it
any
kind
of
emergency
we've
had
has
really
had
women
and
children
and
young
families
as
as
key
folks
that
were
impacted.
And
yet
you
know
how
Pro,
how
leaning
forward
is
our
planning,
and
so
that's
what
that
group
is
looking
at
and
then
the
third
committee
is
one
looking
at
at
planning
and
engagement
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
involving
all
the
kinds
of
people
that
that
we
want
to
be
involved?
P
P
P
Right
now
we
were
actually
almost
done
developing
our
local
plan
of
action.
We've
hosted
in-person
huddles
with
Community,
with
Target
Community
groups
to
examine
data
and
propose
Solutions,
we've
prioritized
issues
and
solutions
into
a
local
action
plan,
and
we
will
submit
that
local
action
plan
and
an
application
to
UNICEF
USA.
P
The
way
that
UNICEF
USA
has
set
this
up
is
As
a
cons,
continuous
cycle
of
improvement
versus
simply
checking
out
boxes.
So
we
will
continue
to
move
this
work
forward
and
work
towards
making
Minneapolis
the
best
city
for
Children
and
Youth
and
I
will
now
pass
it
to
my
colleague
Rachel
from
the
youth
Coordinating
Board,
who
will
share
our
four
main
prior
priorities
of
our
plan.
Q
Good
afternoon,
chair
Vita,
council
members,
my
name
is
Rachel
oberghauser
I'm,
the
Project
Director
at
the
Minneapolis
youth,
Coordinating,
Board
and
I'm.
Here,
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
the
four
priorities
that
we've
outlined
in
our
local
action
plan.
These
are
all
based
upon
the
local
results
of
our
government
and
Community
assessment
datas,
and
it
integrates
the
voices
of
Minneapolis
young
people
and
parents
with
young
children.
Q
Our
first
priority
is
focused
on
increasing
the
city's
Emergency
Management
and
planning
preparedness
to
be
more
child
and
family
friendly
and
so
Gretchen
had
already
mentioned
the
Drake
Hotel
fire,
the
bridge,
we're
thinking
about
the
North,
Minneapolis,
tornado
and
so
thinking
about
some
of
these
significant
events
that
have
happened
in
Minneapolis.
And
how
do
we
think
about
what
is
the
impact
of
children
and
young
people
and
their
families?
How
do
we
make
sure
that
families
know
where
to
go,
have
their
resources
and
understand
what
to
do
in
an
emergency?
Q
So
it's
not
only
at
a
large
scale,
such
as
those
events,
but
also
at
a
small
scale.
If
the
power
goes
out,
if
the
heat
goes
out,
what
are
what
are
the
resources
that
people
have
so
we're
really
partnering
with
our
folks
in
the
health
department
around
the
emergency
planning
and
preparedness,
as
well
as
the
city's
larger
Department,
as
well
as
Minneapolis
public
schools
that
has
their
own
Department
around
this
area
as
well?
Q
Our
second
priority
is
focused
on
youth
on
boards,
which
is
a
supportive
pathway
for
young
people
to
participate
on
City
boards
and
commissions,
and
we
are
doing
this
in
conjunction
with
the
city
of
Saint
Paul
and
Brooklyn
Park
and
Brooklyn
Center.
This
is
a
pilot
project
and
we
know
Based
on
data
from
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
survey
that
they
do
with
boards
and
commissions
is
very
few.
Q
Young
people
under
the
age
of
24
are
apply
and
then
even
serve
on
board
done
commissions,
and
so
we
know
there's
some
barriers
to
applying
to
serve
on
boards
and
commissions,
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
eliminate
those
barriers
and
help
Provide
support
to
young
people.
To
do
that.
So
we're
doing
a
pilot
with
the
Minneapolis
youth
Coordinating
Board,
specifically
the
youth
congress,
to
provide
support
and
training
to
young
people
and,
as
well
as
to
support
the
boards
and
commissions
that
are
participating.
Q
So
we
want
to
thank
neighborhood
and
community
relations
for
helping
us
with
that,
as
well
as
the
city
clerk's
office
and
providing
its
guidance
on
how
to
do
that.
Our
third
priority
is
around
Community
safety.
This
topic
came
up
quite
a
bit
in
our
in-person
huddles,
and
so
we
didn't
want
it
to
let
it
go
go
away
quietly.
Q
So
obviously,
a
wide
variety
of
things,
and
now
that
the
city
has
a
new
community
safety
commissioner
and
a
new
police
chief,
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
do
what
we
do
best
is
by
gathering
voices
of
young
people
and
bringing
those
voices
about
Community
safety
forward
to
those
leaders
so
that
they
can
have
those
voices
when
they're
making
decisions
about
how
to
best
create
a
safe
Community.
For
us.
Q
Our
fourth
priority
is
focused
on
increasing
awareness
about
children's
rights.
We're
doing
this
through
a
couple
strategies.
One
is
called
reach
out
and
read.
This
is
in
partnership
with
Hennepin
County,
Medical
Center,
and
so
when
a
young
family
goes
to
do
a
wellness
visit,
a
pediatrician
shares
their
shares,
a
book
about
child
rights
with
that
family
that
they
can
then
take
home.
So
just
some
simple
ways
to
increase
literacy,
but
also
increase
the
literacy
around
child
rights.
R
R
We
do
have,
along
with
the
receiving
file
of
what
you
just
heard.
We
have
a
resolution
that
we're
asking
you
to
approve
and
send
forward
to
the
full
Council
and
I
will
read
that
now.
This
resolution
is
by
chair
Vita,
proclaiming
November
20th
2022
as
World
Children's
Day,
whereas
November
20th
2022
marks
the
33rd
anniversary
of
the
United
Nations.
The
United
States
is
the
only
nation
that
has
not
yet
ratified.
R
R
Three
children
should
survive
and
develop
to
their
full
potential,
and
four
children's
views
and
perspectives
are
important,
whereas
the
Minneapolis
youth,
Coordinating
Board
and
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
are
leading
the
effort
to
support
Minneapolis
in
becoming
a
child-friendly
city,
working
with
an
array
of
community
volunteers
and
partners,
and
whereas
this
effort
undertaken
in
recognition
of
the
diversity
of
experience,
culture
and
nationality
represented
in
the
youth
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
is
Guided
by
the
framework
set
forth
by
the
convention
on
the
rights
of
the
child,
which
is
celebrated
on
world
Children's.
Day.
R
A
J
J
I
do
want
to
name
that
this
is
the
area
where,
as
you
also
have
articulate
through
your
presentations,
it's
an
area
where
the
city
needs
to
do
better
and
aligning
our
words
with
our
actions.
You
know
symbolic
gestures
are
great,
but
we
need
to
align
our
actions
with
our
words
every
chance
that
we
get.
J
You
know
key
opportunity
with
delivering
a
local
plan
of
action
to
UNICEF.
To
say
this
is
how
we're
going
to
rectify
this
I
will
note
on
the
council
side
our
opportunity
for
us
to
do
work
to
rectify.
This
is
on
the
budget,
because
it's
clear
that
our
budget
is
not
really
reflecting
in
the
many
ways
in
which
we
need
to
take
initiatives
to
do
better
in
supporting
our
young
folks
around
a
number
of
those
key
areas
that
you
identify,
but
especially
when
we're
looking
at
Community
safety.
J
How
are
we
delivering
on
diversion
and
restorative
programs
for
our
young
people,
violence
prevention,
initiatives
for
our
young
people,
so
I'm
really
excited
about
a
council
taking
up.
You
know
this
partnership
with
our
staff
to
really
do
better
by
our
young
people
and
I
hope
that
in
the
coming
weeks,
as
we
enter
into
the
budget
markup
season,
that
will
advance
additional
initiatives
and
policies
that
will
actually
create
that
that
thriving
City
that
I
think
all
of
us
want
our
young
people
to
be
able
to
reside
in
and
and
live.
J
K
Q
Hi,
chair
Vita,
thank
you,
councilmember
rainville,
for
the
question
when
we,
so
we
did
a
couple
different
types
of
survey,
Gatherings
that
we
did
online
surveys
that
talked
about
that
ask
young
people
about
what
is
their
perception
of
safety
in
a
variety
of
different
ways.
And
then
we
also
had
in-person
conversations
with
high
school
age,
young
people,
as
well
as
parents
with
young
children
about
what
again
are
their
experiences
and
safety
was
defined
very
broadly,
and
some
of
it
was
about
what
they
perceive
as
safety
and
not
necessarily
what
the
reality
is.
Q
But
the
perception
really
impacted
their
behavior
and
one
example
that
we
had
from
parents
with
young
children
is
that
we
have
parents
who
said
we
actually
don't
go
to
parks
in
Minneapolis
anymore.
We
actually
go
outside
in
Minneapolis,
because
we
don't
feel
safe
residing
there
or
not
residing
there
but
playing
there
participating
in
there.
You
know
that
was
just
one
one
family,
one
voice,
but
so
it's
a
variety
of
things
related
to
immigration
and
just
some
of
the
barriers
of,
if
you're
undocumented.
Q
What
that
means
for
your
safety
and
being
always
anxious
about.
If
something's
going
to
happen
that
you
get
found
out
that
you're
undocumented,
that
was
a
large
conversation.
We
also
had
conversations
just
about
school
safety,
and
so
this
was
happening
soon
after
the
murder
of
Deshawn
Hill,
and
so
that
was
I,
think
fresh
on
students,
mind
of
knowing
that
that's
a
possibility
and
that
that
can
happen
on
school
property.
So
those
are
a
couple
examples.
Does
that
help
answer
your
question.
K
Q
This
is
what
should
be
included
in
the
curriculum,
so
we're
trying
to
Advocate,
because
right
now
at
the
state,
there's
a
long,
long
process
right
now
on
revising
the
8th
grade
social
studies
standards,
and
so
we
have
some
folks
who
are
engaged
in
that
who
are
doing
some
advocacy
to
say.
Can
we
think
about
adding
curriculum
around
the
convention
on
the
rights
of
the
child,
and
then
we
do
have
some
relationships
with
social
studies,
teachers
at
Minneapolis,
public
schools
and
so
just
talking
about
at
a
district
level.
Is
there
some
strategies,
strategies
that
we
can?
M
M
I
I
hear
that
you
surveyed
the
students
and
I
hear
that
you
spoke
with
Educators
about
what
it
would
be
like
to
incorporate
things
like
child
rights
into
their
curriculum,
but
I'm
curious.
If
you've
heard
from
Educators
about
what
they
see
the
needs,
how
how
they
would
develop
an
action
plan
and
what
kinds
of
things
they
might
have
suggested
be
in
it.
And
if
that's
not
part
of
this,
then
that's
just
good
to
know
too
sure.
Q
Yeah,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
palmisano.
We
didn't
have
a
formal
engagement
process
with
teachers
or
Educators
around
this
particular
topic.
So
that's
one
of
the
strategies
that
we
want
to
explore
through
priority
number
four
on
around
child
rights
and
education
is
is
seen
yeah.
How
would
we
work
with
Educators
and
teachers
to
promote
more
of
this?
So
we
don't
have
quite
a
finalized
plan
around
that,
but
that's
something
that
we
do
want
to
explore:
how
to
build
those
relationships
and
gather
more
feedback.
Sure.
Thank
you.
A
Any
further
discussion
well
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
everyone.
You
know
first
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
former
mayor
Frazier
who
started
this
work
former
commissioner
Muse
account.
Thank
you
so
much
for
reaching
out
to
me
and
my
team
and
presenting
to
us
on
how
good
this
would
be
for
our
city
and
really
taking
the
time
to
give
us
the
details
and
explain
what
this
means
in
the
future.
Also
and
Degroot
who
is
out
on
vacation,
played
a
big
part
in
making
sure
that
my
office
knew
how
important
this
was.
A
Commissioner
Richie.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
to
all
the
staff
that
have
worked
on
this,
in
particular
my
staff
that
Betsy
and
Maggie
got
just
as
excited
as
I
did
when
this
was
brought
to
us.
So
thank
you
to
every
single
person
who
has
worked
on
this
and
we're
gonna
make
this
happen.
I'm
really
excited
about
world
children's
day
and
mayor
Frye.
A
Thank
him
thanks
to
him
also
for
her
his
work
in
this
and
making
sure
that
this
happens
for
the
children
of
our
city
and
the
children
who
will
probably
be
living
in
our
city
in
the
future.
You
know
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
commissioner
Musa
can't
said
was
yeah
it's
for
our
kids
now,
but
it's
for
the
future
of
our
kids
and
there's
there's
not
just
a
one
and
done
there's
a
report
card
and
we
have
to
keep
up
and
we
have
to
you
know,
keep
building
on
the
original
plan.
A
So
that's
also
exciting.
You
know
that
we're
going
to
have
these
opportunities
to
engage
with
the
young
people
of
our
community
ongoing
and
really
take
a
look
at
these
needs,
as
they
change
so
again.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
for
the
hard
work
and
even
thinking
I
didn't
even
know.
This
was
a
thing.
So
thank
you
all
so
much
for
bringing
this
to
to
my
office
and
and
seeing
it
through
and
we're
gonna
I
think
we're
gonna
get
it
we're
gonna
get
that
status
real
soon.
A
Here
you
all
are
working
really
hard
and
I.
Think
it's
going
to
happen
so
thank
you
all
and
seeing
no
further
discussion.
I'll
move
for
approval
of
this
item,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
I
I,
any
opposed,
say,
nay
that
carries,
and
that
item
is
approved
and
will
be
forwarded
to
next
week's
council
meeting.
The
next
item
of
discussion
is
receiving
a
report
on
the
Healthy
Living
initiative
here.
To
present
on
this
item
is
Genie
means
and
Patty
bowler
hi
welcome,
Patty.
S
Good
afternoon,
chair
Vita
and
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
Patty,
bowler,
director
of
policy
and
healthy
communities
for
the
health
department
and
with
me
today,
is
Jenny
meintz
who's,
our
Healthy
Living
manager
and
also
we've
got
members
of
our
Healthy
Living
team,
who
you're
going
to
meet
in
just
a
little
bit.
So
first
of
all,
these
have
been
two
really
tough
acts
to
follow.
S
We're
at
the
we
realize
we're
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
but
as
a
longtime,
Public,
Health
person
and
City
employee
I'm,
just
so
proud
of
our
city
and
proud
of
the
actions
that
you've
taken
this
afternoon.
So
thank
you
so
back
to
healthy
living
here
to
talk
about
an
initiative
that
we've
been
working
on
since
really
2005
and
we
call
it
healthy
living,
but
it
is
a
a
nice
word
for
chronic
disease
prevention,
and
so
that
means
chronic
disease
prevention
related
to
unhealthy
weight
and
also
related
to
commercial
tobacco
use.
S
And
in
our
mission
statement
and
our
goals,
we
really
have
three
key
Concepts
that
I
wanted
to
share,
and
one
is
that
we
can't
do
this
work
alone.
We
have
many
many
strong
Partnerships
and
we
view
these
Partners
as
public
health
extenders
and,
secondly,
the
notion
of
equity
there's
a
strong
focus
on
communities
that
are
experiencing
the
greatest
amounts
of
Health
Equity
and
then,
lastly,
the
way
we
do
our
work
is
by
creating
change
through
policy
systems,
change
and
making
change
in
the
broader
environment
to
provide
positive
or
get
to
positive
Health
outcomes.
S
Healthy
Living
focuses
on
reducing
mortality
in
four
of
the
top
10
leading
causes
of
death
in
Minnesota,
and
so
in
Minnesota
heart
disease
is
the
number
two
cause
of
death.
Chronic,
lower
respiratory
disease
caused
by
smoking
and
other
concerns
is
number
five.
Stroke
is
number
six
in
diabetes
follows
as
number
seven,
and
these
are
conditions
that
we
try
to
reduce
and
chronic
disease
like
many
other
conditions
in
our
city
are
more
prevalent
among
brown
and
black
peoples,
and
so
this
graph
shows
Minneapolis
cardiovascular
disease
deaths
by
race
in
2020.
S
and
in
Minneapolis.
Black
residents,
which
is
represented
by
the
green
bar,
have
over
two
times
higher
chance
of
dying
of
cardiovascular
disease
than
white
residents,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that,
just
like
many
other
efforts
in
the
health
department,
the
Healthy
Living
initiative
is
really
working
to
improve
Health
Equity.
S
This
slide
is
about
how
we
do
our
work
and
chronic
disease
just
like
many
other
health
conditions
is
really
driven
by
the
underlying
social,
economic
factors
or
social
conditions
determinants
of
health,
and
this
includes
poverty,
housing,
lack
of
Affordable,
Health,
Care,
access
to
healthy
foods,
education,
Etc
and
all
of
these
factors
influence
Health
behaviors.
So
what
you
eat,
obviously,
how
active
you
are
and
whether
you're
exposed
to
or
use
commercial
tobacco?
S
T
T
Those
include
just
kind
of
community
that
could
be
public
housing,
neighborhoods,
non-profit
organizations,
workplaces,
schools
and
health
care,
and
all
of
these
projects
support
Health
Equity
through
five
pillars,
so
they
kind
of
roll
up
into
these
Five
Focus
areas
of
active
communities,
nutrition,
food
and
beverages,
commercial,
tobacco-free,
living
well-being.
That's
the
new
one
and
Health
Care
Connections
and
I'm
really
excited
to
just
share
a
snapshot
of
some
of
the
impacts
that
we've
had
in
recent
years
in
Healthy
Living.
T
So
active
communities
is
all
about
promoting
active
transportation
to
walking
and
biking
and
physical
activity
by
transforming
the
built
environment
so
making
changes
to
roads,
streets,
lighting,
Trails,
bikeways,
so
that
everyone
can
walk
bike
and
roll
to
any
destination.
They
want
to
go
to
one
of
our
longest
and
most
successful
Partnerships
has
been
with
Minneapolis
public
schools
and
their
culinary
and
wellness
Services.
Department
we've
supported
their
safe
routes
to
school
Initiative
for
many
many
years.
T
It's
a
national
initiative
to
increase
kids
physical
activity
by
walking
and
biking
to
and
from
school
after
school
during
summer
programs
and
in
all
the
other
spaces
where
kids
are
in
an
educational
environment,
and
so
this
past
year,
MPS
had
a
goal
of
working
towards
Universal
bike,
education
and
access
for
all.
Fourth
and
fifth
graders
and
I'm
happy
to
share
that,
with
with
support
and
partnership,
they've
engaged
25
of
their
schools
over
about
2
300
students
use
the
bike
fleets.
T
They
have
several
actual
fleets
of
bikes
that
they
that
they
move
around
more
than
10
000
miles
were
logged
by
kids
and
300
kids
learned
to
ride
a
bike
for
the
first
time
the
photo
on
the
bottom
was
a
really
fun
event
called
let's
roll
MPS.
That
happened
again
last
spring,
where
all
kids
and
schools,
teachers
and
community
members
are
invited
to
just
ride
around
the
city,
and
so
we
got
to
see
those
kids
on
bikes,
so
Community
nutrition,
food
and
beverages.
T
T
So
a
quick
look
back
not
on
the
slide
here,
but
I
want
to
mention
that
the
team
lead
work
resulting
in
council's
adoption
of
the
Minneapolis
staple
foods,
ordinance
in
2014,
corresponding
amendments
in
2018
and
with
that
we
have
built
and
expanded
a
partnership
with
a
local
non-profit
called
Brightside
produce,
they're
a
wholesale
produce
provider
and
with
corner
stores
needing
to
stock,
more
fruits
and
veggies.
This
partnership
kind
of
improved
neighbors
access
by
going
to
their
local
store.
T
So
we
worked
with
56
retailers,
89
of
them
by
Pac
owned
and
just
made
sure
that
those
shelves
were
full
of
fresh
produce
and
also
worked
on
training
and
supplies
and
necessary
to
get
food
out
to
folks,
and
then
we
have
also
invested
in
promoting
Minneapolis
tap
water
over
sugary
drinks.
So
this
past
year,
colleagues
worked
with
41
tap
water
ambassadors
that
represented
a
variety
of
cultural
communities
geographies
across
the
city.
T
Collectively
they
held
over
30
Outreach
events
and
reached
3
800
people
from
a
variety
of
cultural
communities,
as
well
all
about
increasing
trust
in
drinking
water,
foreign,
commercial,
tobacco-free
living
in
this
work.
We
aim
to
reduce
someone's
exposure
to
commercial
tobacco
products
and
they're,
therefore
improve
their
health
outcomes.
So
one
of
the
strategies
that
we've
used
for
a
long
time
is
to
reduce
exposure
to
second-hand
smoke
by
implementing
smoke-free
policies,
especially
in
apartment
buildings,
condos,
multi-unit
housing,
where
the
smoke
can
travel
through
air
vents
and
impact
others.
T
So
we
partner
with
a
local
non-profit
the
association
of
non-smokers,
Minnesota
their
live
smoke
free
program
and
in
the
last
year,
staff
provided
assistance
to
142
properties,
and
so
their
owners
and
managers
got
a
lot
of
support
around
policy,
development,
implementation
and
compliance
and
enforcement,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
we
are
reducing
that
exposure
to
second-hand
smoke,
and
this
photo
just
represents
a
long
partnership.
We
have
with
Minneapolis
public
housing
authority,
they
went
smoke-free
several
years
ago,
but
we
continue
to
partner
and
provide
assistance
on
compliance.
T
T
So
we
have
been
a
leader
and
we
intend
to
be
a
leader
going
forward
in
commercial
tobacco-free
living
Community
well-being.
Again,
this
is
a
new
area
for
us.
So
we
are
not
the
experts
in
this
and
we
are
working
to
identify
culturally
responsive
ways
for
people
in
Minneapolis
to
nurture
social
and
cultural
connections,
address
trauma
and
promote
resilience.
So
I'm
going
to
speak
to
the
second
Point
here
about
the
14
new
partners.
We
really
are
in
this
assessment
and
kind
of
partnership
building
phase
and
so
to
build
Partners.
T
We
released
an
RFP
and
are
working
with
14
new
organizations
or
new
partners
for
us.
You
know
communities
know
what
they
need
to
heal
to
promote
resilience
and
we
are
learning
with
them.
We're
evaluating
our
work
this
year
and
we're
hoping
to
set
a
more
clear
direction
for
future
Community
well-being,
work
and
the
picture
here
is
one
of
our
partners,
new,
the
new
ones,
African
youth
services
at
their
kickoff
event
and
then
the
second
point
about
well-being.
T
We've
had
a
long-standing
relationship
and
partnership
with
the
Minneapolis
Regional
Chamber
around
promoting
Health
through
an
MSP
Wellness
initiative.
You
can
see
that,
for
you
know
the
last
four
years,
many
employers
and
employees
have
cultivated
this
culture
of
health
and
received
supports,
but
in
this
last
year
in
particular,
we
had
a
special
focus
on
small
businesses
and
so
I
had
a
micro,
Grant
process
and
really
wove
in
well-being,
as
well
as
health.
So
more
than
just
food
and
physical
activity,
businesses
had
an
opportunity
to
receive
some
support
around
broader
well-being,
initiatives.
T
And
finally,
Healthcare
connections,
so
here
this
is
where
we
partner
with
Community
clinics,
Health,
Systems
insurance
plans
and
other
organizations
to
make
it
easier
for
folks
living
with
chronic
conditions
or
those
at
risk
for
chronic
conditions.
Can
they
access
the
care
they
need?
Is
it
easy
and
can
they
get
the
resources
they
want
and
need
to
manage
their
own
health?
So
this
fall.
We
wrapped
up
a
large
five-year
Grant
from
The
Merck
Foundation
that
addressed
gaps
in
Diabetes
Care
and
through
that
we
worked
with
three
Community
clinics.
T
Neighborhood
Health
Source
has
three
locations
and
they
worked
really
hard
to
improve
patient
care.
742
patients
were
supported
not
just
by
their
doctor,
but
they
got
extra
support
by
diabetes,
Specialists
community
health
workers
going
on
grocery
store
tours
and
just
really
ensuring
that
they
had
what
they
needed
to
manage
their
diabetes
and
we're
continuing
Healthcare
work.
It
wasn't
just
funded
by
Merck,
but
we
are
continuing
threads
of
this
work
in
two
of
our
current
funding
sources.
T
So
that
brings
me
to
funding
sources.
We
are
almost
primarily
Grant
funded,
both
with
federal
and
state
funding.
You'll
notice
that
the
Statewide
Health
Improvement
partnership,
State
Grant,
pretty
stable
funding
source
accounts
for
just
over
half
of
our
total
budget.
That's
in
the
green
there,
and
then
we
have
two
other
Federal
sources
of
funding
from
the
CDC.
One
is
the
racial
and
ethnic
approaches
to
community
health
or
reach
you'll,
see
in
blue
and
then
a
smaller
portion
of
funding
dedicated
to
cardiovascular
disease
and
diabetes.
T
Prevention
really
wanted
to
highlight
here
that
grant
funding
isn't
guaranteed
it's
competitive,
and
so
we
do
have
a
little
under
half
of
our
funding.
That's
coming
to
an
end,
this
September
and
we
are
actively
seeking
new
funding
to
continue
our
work.
We
need
more
than
just
ship
all
right.
Let's
just
briefly
meet
the
team.
None
of
this
would
happen
without
them.
So
a
very
big
thank
you
to
those
in
the
room,
those
not
in
the
room
in
the
room.
T
We
have
Kristen
Klingler,
Devin,
Levy,
John,
Hedberg,
Evelyn,
carbury
and
Abdi
Ahmed,
and
not
present
our
Leda
Shuster
and
Tom
Tao,
so
they're
the
ones
getting
it
done
with
partners
and
I
can't
say
enough
about
them.
Thank
you,
team
all
right
and
a
quick
look
ahead,
so
we
do
have
some
exciting
new
Focus
areas.
We
are
in
the
early
phases
of
looking
at
policy
and
practice
changes
for
reducing
commercial
tobacco
products,
as
well
as
policies
and
practices
to
support
breastfeeding
in
the
workplace
and
as
a
really
critical
component
to
Early
Childhood
nutrition.
T
We
are
excited
to
be
expanding
the
Twin
Cities
mobile
market.
If
you
noticed
on
the
first
slide,
there
was
a
picture
of
a
really
cool
bus.
That's
very
colorful.
It's
essentially
a
grocery
store
on
wheels
that
is
very
affordable
and
so
we're
expanding
access
to
new
mpha
housing
sites
in
the
city.
And
then
we
are
restarting
a
community
leadership
team,
with
a
focus
on
well-being
to
help
us
set
Direction
for
the
future.
T
Like
everybody,
we
have
challenges
and
opportunities.
I
think
we
all
have
felt
the
impacts
of
covid
and
we
see
that
with
Community
partner
capacity.
Everybody's
has
competing
priorities,
and
so
that
just
continues
to
be
a
challenge
to
get
work
done
and
around
chronic
disease
prevention
and
then
just
the
the
Perceptions
in
reality.
Frankly
of
community
and
personal
safety,
that's
impacting
people's
ability
to
be
healthy.
You
know,
I,
we
hear
from
public
housing
residents
pretty
frequently
about
just
not
feeling
safe.
T
You
know,
I
want
to
walk
around
my
building,
I
want
to
go
outside,
go
to
a
park
and
I
don't
feel
safe,
so
that's
real
and
then
just
on
on
the
funding,
we
have
those
funding
sources
ending.
We
do
have
two
competitive
opportunities
in
front
of
us
and
we're
going
to
do
what
we
can
to
continue
to
support
good
health
in
Minneapolis.
So
with
that,
thank
you
so
much
and
Patty
and
I
can
stand
for
questions.
Thank.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
yeah,
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
speak
to
just
I,
don't
know
how
you
would
necessarily
measure
it,
but
the
capacity
to
manage
grants.
You
know
the
difference
between
having
certain
sources.
I'm
sure
has
different
requirements
and
I'm
just
curious,
how
much
time
or
people
or
what
does
that
workload.
Look
like
relative
to
the
delivering
your
services.
T
Thank
you,
chair,
vitab,
Vice,
chair
Payne.
For
that
question.
There
is
an
administrative
workload
and
administrative
workload
to
Grant,
Management
I
would
say
in
particular
for
the
Federal
grant.
We
received
that
new
CDC
reach
Grant
just
a
year
ago
and
in
as
a
result,
I
think
we
have
hired
two
new
staff
and
there's
just
a
lot
of
reporting
and
kind
of
compliance
and
monitoring
activities.
So
it's
it
is.
T
T
Thank
you,
chair
Vita,
and
thanks
for
the
question
council
member
wansley,
we
are
still
in
the
process
of
selecting
it
and
it.
If
I
may,
my
colleague,
Kristen
Klingler,
is
the
manager
for
that
program.
So
I
would
like
to
invite
her
to
speak
briefly
on
the
building
selection
process
and
where
we're
at
with
that.
Thank
you.
U
And
so
we
have
our
eye
on
those
particular
buildings
as
the
place
that
we'd
like
to
start
with
expanding
access
to
food
through
Partnerships,
like
with
the
Twin
Cities
mobile
market
and
other
food
providers.
But
it
also
depends
on
just
on
Logistics,
and
you
know:
where
can
the
bus
Park
and
how
do
we
work?
The
property
managers?
Are
the
residents
interested
in
this
service,
so
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
into
those
conversations
as
we
try
to
decide
what
sites
are
going
to
work
the
best.
J
U
J
Thank
you.
I
would
greatly
appreciate
that
I
do
know.
In
my
word,
we
have
Glendale
townhomes
and
right
now,
there's
been
some
conversations
and
worry
amongst
residents
of
we.
We
currently
have
a
food
chef
there
thanks
to
Eastside
Community
Partners
and
concerns
around.
If
that's
going
to
be
closed,
what's
replacing
it,
can
we
continue
one?
J
E
U
With
the
help
of
Abdi
Ahmed
and
Devin
levy
on
our
team,
we've
been
able
to
do
a
lot
of
good
conversations
with
community
members
around
their
interest
in
fresh
produce
and
affordable,
nutritious
foods,
and
so
that
is
one
of
the
sites
that
we
do,
that
we
are
posing
to
the
Twin
Cities
mobile
market
and
to
some
other
food
providers
as
a
place
where
there
could
be
a
lot
of
potential
for
serving
the
community.
Well,.
J
A
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
team
Health,
like
I,
feel
really
good
about
being
the
chair
today.
This
I
didn't
I,
didn't
design
it
this
way,
but
this
agenda
has
me
feeling,
like
I,
made
a
good
decision
and
trying
to
you
know,
get
this
committee.
Thank
you
all
so
much.
Thank
you,
Gretchen
musicant.
Thank
you,
commissioner
Richie.
You
know
your
team
has
been
doing
a
great
job.
It
is
so
awesome
to
see
that
the
Healthy
Living
work
is
still
going.
Strong.
A
Minneapolis
has
always
been
a
leader
in
this
work,
and
most
of
you
know
me
from
the
other
side
of
this
Dice
and
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
that
was
brought
up
here
today
and
and
thank
you
Jenny.
Thank
you
so
much.
This
presentation
was
great.
It
feels
good,
thank
you
for
the
continued
work
that
you're
doing
and
the
commitment
to
our
communities
of
color.
This
is
for
the
entire
team.
Thank
you
all
so
much
this
is.
A
This
was
a
labor
of
love
for
me,
and
so
I
know
like
when
you
do
this
kind
of
work.
It
really
is
about
passion
and
wanting
to
see
a
difference
and
seeing
the
decrease
in
the
disparity.
So
thanks
for
the
continued
commitment,
and
thank
thank
you
for
making
me
feel
good
about
what
we're
still
doing
here
in
Minneapolis
and
seeing
no
further
business
before
us.
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
that
report
and
seeing
no
further
business
before
us
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourn
thanks.
Everyone.